Research Fields: biodiversity in all its facets

To find out about the multiplicity of life on earth — biodiversity — and to help preserve it: That is the aim of research at Senckenberg. The Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung has grown enormously in recent years. It has been augmented by new locations and it is making a concerted effort to extend its expertise in biodiversity research. However, the internal research structures are not organized according to the different locations, but on a thematic basis. We have defined four research fields that cover the entire range of the Senckenberg research activities: